FAEN 109 — General Physics
Agricultural Engineering · University of Ghana
Vibrations: Simple harmonic motion damped harmonic motion, forced harmonic motion, resonance and applications. Waves: Wave types, wave phenomena – interference and diffraction and applications. Electricity: Coulomb‘s law, electric field, Gauss‘s law, electric potential, current electricity – EMF, Kirchhoff‘s laws, DC circuits. Magnetism: Magnetic field, Bio-Savart‘s law, Ampere‘s law. Induction: Faraday and Lenz‘s law. AC Circuits: Reactance, Impedance, power factor, resonance. Introductory Modern Physics: Bohr‘s atom, quantum theory of atom, electronic transitions, optical spectrum. Photoelectric effect.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 100
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- AREN 101 — Engineering Graphics
- AREN 102 — Engineering Drawing
- FAEN 103 — Basic Mechanics I
- FAEN 108 — Basic Electronics
- AREN 201 — Engineering Surveying
- AREN 202 — Physical and Engineering Properties of Biological Materials
- AREN 204 — Internship (Industrial practice II)
- AREN 301 — Soil and Crop Mechanics Application to Mechanization
- AREN 302 — Agricultural Materials Handling
- AREN 304 — Soil Mechanics
- AREN 305 — Heat Transfer
- AREN 306 — Hydrology and Water Resources Management
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).